Locked On Hawkeyes - Daily Podcast On Iowa Hawkeyes Football & Basketball - Cade McNamara's Return: Can Iowa Hawkeyes Revive Their Season?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Well, Cade McNamara is back as the Iowa starter at quarterback. Does he have a chance to actually play well here in these final two games, including this week against Maryland? We break it all down today. Locked on Hawkeyes. You are locked on Hawkeyes, your daily podcast on the Iowa Hawkeyes, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome in.

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Starting point is 00:01:18 a little bit more, I'm sure, about the injury and the debilitating angle of it, of what it means. What it does mean now is it's going to be Cade McNamara. And let's start at the front. You know, there's a lot of people, after what we saw a couple of Fridays ago against UCLA, we saw Jackson Stratton thrust into action and put out there that, well, we wanted to see him, right? And I understand that sentiment. I understand that angle that you wanted something new.

Starting point is 00:01:43 Cade McNamara, it has been a disappointment to say the very least. His career in Iowa City has been short of delivering. I thought what a lot of people's expectations were and were those expectations out of line? Yes, they were. I think for a lot of people, remember even in his best season at Michigan, when he won a big 10 championship, won their first Big Ten title since 2004. This is still a guy that season that only threw 15 touchdowns, I think. And I'd throw myself into that group. I think my expectations were just too high for him as a quarterback. He's been competent.

Starting point is 00:02:17 He's been able to complete a higher percentage of passes than quarterbacks that we've seen in the past. But for all intents and purposes, this guy's been bad for really what I think the thought process was going to be for him. And you look at the numbers. I thought this was pretty damning. These numbers from John Steppe from the Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Iowa beat writer.

Starting point is 00:02:36 This is where he ranks. Came back to mirror this season in the NCAA. Remember, there's 133 teams. Now, qualifying quarterbacks are right now there are 119 qualified quarterbacks that have played enough games and thrown enough passes this season his quarterback rating 115.8 all right quarterback rating doesn't mean a whole lot what you're talking about what does that mean it's hard to understand you got the nfl rating the college rating they're completely different 115.8 what's that Well, it means he's 110th in the country out of 119 qualified quarterbacks

Starting point is 00:03:09 at the FBS level. 110th out of 119. That's mad. Completion percentage over 60% for an Iowa quarterback. That's pretty good. Put them around the other quarterbacks in college football. 83rd in the country out of 119. Yards per completion, pushing the ball down the field, 116th out of 119 quarterbacks, 9.8 yards per completion. Yards per attempt, 114th out of 119. Add it all up, you have a quarterback that's been bad. And have I fallen victim to overhyping Cade McNamara?

Starting point is 00:03:44 Absolutely. That's bad on me. He's been damaged goods. The injuries, what he actually is as a quarterback has not been there. Is he a better thrower than Brandon Sullivan? Is he more consistent? Does he not turn the ball over at the level that I think we'd see from a Brandon Sullivan? probably. But he hasn't been good enough. I mean, there's no two ways about it. So can we see Cade McNamara here bounce back? Can he have a swan song, if you will, and give at least a little bit of good feelings as he walks out the door? Well, it starts this week against Maryland.

Starting point is 00:04:20 And a Maryland team that is on a three-game losing streak. This is what Maryland normally does. get off to a good start, fall apart late in the season. This has been what Mike Loxley's group has done historically. And as you look at the numbers and you look at the matchup here for this Iowa passing offense, this is going to be yet another game that they're likely going to have to throw the football to win. Maryland right now is giving up 262 yards per

Starting point is 00:04:45 game through the air. That is good enough for 122nd in the country. That's bad. But we've seen Iowa go up against past defenses that have been bad this season, and they haven't been able to deliver. This is a problem with the passing offense, and I don't think you can pin this solely on the new offensive coordinator. This can't just be Tim Lester's problem. It goes all the way around. This team's been really good run blocking. Pass blocking has been pretty good. But the wide receivers are pedestrian.

Starting point is 00:05:20 Outside of Jacob Gill, we haven't seen anybody really step up in a big-time way. I know we were excited about Ray Svanderee, but we saw, even before the injuries, this guy still figuring things out, playing as a freshman. Outside of that, Jarrett Bowie, Dayton Howard, okay. There's just not a whole lot there. The tight end position has been wrecked by injury this year. Luke Lachey was certainly not the Luke Lachey that we saw before the injuries when he came back at the beginning of the season, and he's been banged up.

Starting point is 00:05:52 We know he's been without Addison Estrengo. So now you have a huge component to what Iowa wants to do in the passing game that has been nullified because of injuries, because of guys working their way back from injury, and it just hasn't been the same on that front. They don't do a whole lot in the screen game. It's something that I would continue to like to see them try to do more. Now, if you're building this offensive line as Iowa has with these more athletic guys,

Starting point is 00:06:16 this is not the old Wisconsin offensive line, right? With the big 350-pound maulers up front, that's not what they are. You have guys that can move. And we see that in the zone blocking scheme. And the improvement of the zone blocking scheme and some of the small differences that we've seen throughout the course of this season. We'll get those guys out there, get them out in space, give them their ability. Now we always hear about a guy like Logan Jones and how athletic he is at the center position. Get them out there, get them out in space. Connor Colby, guys like that,

Starting point is 00:06:41 get them moving a little bit more. And I'd like to see the screen game be a bigger part of what they do offensively. Still, can Cade McNamara deliver against this one? This is the time to just let it fly, right? There's nothing to lose. 6-6, 8-4, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. I mean, how many people are actually going to travel to this bowl game? The disappointment of the season, however it ends up, is going to be there. If you're heading to Charlotte, Tampa's a nice destination, Detroit, or anything in

Starting point is 00:07:12 between, how many people are actually going to be traveling for this game? It's incredibly difficult to think that this is going to be one that we're going to see tens of thousands of Hawkeye fans traveling to. So let it fly. Take some shots. Go down the to. So let it fly. Cade, take some shots. Go down the field. Go on a one. Somebody's got to step, give them an opportunity. That's what I would love to see for Cade McNamara coming off the concussion is give them a chance because Maryland rushed defense 30th in the country. I mean, it sets up a lot. The other component that

Starting point is 00:07:41 we go into this game against the Terrapins is Iowa's been terrible on the road. This has been a bad team on the road this season. Michigan State disaster. UCLA obviously fall apart after the first quarter. Ohio State, it was a non-compete. They fall apart in the third quarter and on and on and on. That's what you're getting with this Iowa team. Yes, Maryland's struggling, but as we've learned, and certainly in the Michigan State and the UCLA games, we have learned it really doesn't matter what these teams are. They're going to chuck it around, they're going to throw it around, and they're going to make plays in the field. That's another concerning aspect of some of the struggles that we've seen from this Iowa football team. That's where we are right now. It will be back to Merrill again.

Starting point is 00:08:26 We'll get a little bit more. Jackson Stratton, I think we have to remember, had a couple of nice throws in that game. There's also a guy that was 417 at Colorado State, passing the football. It's a guy that was down the depth chart at Colorado State. The likelihood that he's going to turn into a Big Ten starter is very, very low. One more shot for Cade.

Starting point is 00:08:44 That's what we're going to get on Saturday. 11 a.m. kickoff. Also, heads up, I'm going to be on WMT along with a couple of other stations, KXIC in Iowa City and over in the Quad Cities as well on the sports radio station there. I'll be doing the pregame show before the Learfield pregame show and also the postgame wrap up with Marvin McNutt on those stations. 600 WMT, 800 KXIC, and over in the Quad Cities. You can hear that pregame and postgame on all of those stations.

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Starting point is 00:12:40 Now, Scott Dockterman joins us from The Athletic. Now, Scott Dockterman joins us from The Athletic. Right now, let's get to our friend Scott Dockterman. He covers Iowa, the Big Ten, college football, et cetera, et cetera, for The Athletic. And Doc joins us. Doc Trenton, Ken, thanks for coming on. How are you? I'm doing well.

Starting point is 00:13:03 How are you guys doing? Doing okay. Doing pretty well. Fascinating down the stretch here with two weeks left, trying to figure out all the tiebreakers, who's in, who's out, what did the weekend mean? Are the ACC and the Big 12 looking at one bid per conference? Going to be very interesting to see how it all plays out. But let's get to the news of this morning, Doc,

Starting point is 00:13:23 and Brendan Sullivan is now going to miss the remainder of the regular season apparently kade mcnamara has cleared concussion protocol so he gets the keys uh to tim lester's offense but pretty big news here on a monday morning uh pursuant to the iowa quarterback position yeah it's it is big news i mean you kind of it sounds i mean for brandon sullivan it sounds worse than what it actually is i mean the regular season ends a week from friday so if it's like this is the regular end of the regular season when that you know i first saw it and and i would subsequently heard about it it's uh you know i mean if it was like two or three weeks out there you might have a chance. But this is a big development.

Starting point is 00:14:06 I mean, Cade McNamara now steps in again, kind of reclaims his role, at least for the next week or two, and depending on what happens to his health going forward. If nothing else, I mean, you know he gets the engines running on time. I mean, Maryland is kind of in some ways a matchup opponent for Iowa, but we've seen that kind of backfire on the Hawkeyes a couple of times recently. But, you know, and it remains to be seen what will end up transpiring for the bowl game. I mean, if Brendan Sullivan's healthy and Cade's healthy, then, you know,

Starting point is 00:14:41 I'm sure that there'll be some, you know, some sort of switching around on that. But but it is fascinating. Disappointing angle to this for me, Doc, is just to see. Can Brendan Sullivan be your guy that you're confident is a starter in 2025? The concerns about him as a passer through two interceptions and a start against UCLA. And now you won't get that. You had to bring in a guy at minimum, I think, to compete with him for the job. But now you're kind of robbed of that.

Starting point is 00:15:07 How much more difficult does it make the offseason for Iowa football, knowing we don't have a real full snapshot here of Brendan Sullivan? I know we got to go portal shopping, but how much are we going to be spending? Are we looking for a starter? Are we looking for kind of that next tier of guy to compete?

Starting point is 00:15:20 It's going to make it more difficult, I believe, for Iowa football. It's an important part of the evaluation that you won't receive and and it's probably you'd say probably good that he did get the time that he did against ucla before he had to leave because otherwise you know it was this sterling representation of what transpired in the uh you know wisconsin game and then you saw well these are the reasons why Northwestern wasn't really fighting for him, that he wasn't starting in Iowa.

Starting point is 00:15:52 The things we saw, the negatives against UCLA, and that's probably what will enter into this equation that to the coaches who do watch it every day and as they tell us every single time they talk to us, that now you kind of see the fuller picture now uh for iowa it to me i think there are two directions you go in one you just go guns blazing into getting a starter in the offseason and then the other one is if you think that that brennan provides you with a good um next year, if that's what they believe, then you've got to go, to me, go get one of those really quality backups and say the SEC or Big Ten or wherever

Starting point is 00:16:33 who is capable of starting for you maybe in two years and playing some next year. And the guy I would kind of reference, that would be like Luke Altmyer, who was at Ole Miss. And he was good. But then they went and got Jackson Dart. And it was like, OK, they passed me up.

Starting point is 00:16:52 He goes to Illinois and he's had a really solid season. So I think Iowa's got two directions to go in there. And so it's going to be a really interesting couple of weeks as they get closer to the portal. Doc, and forgive me if you don't know the answer to this, because with politics and sports, I just don't get into it. What's going on in Washington with the NIL, et cetera? Might this change the way this offseason goes as far as, you know, players in the portal and how much they're going to, you know,

Starting point is 00:17:22 be able to make in the portal? Do you know if that'll change the way things are done? Yeah, that's a really good question because I think most teams are moving forward with the belief that come July 1st that they're going to have X amount of dollars available to spend from within their athletics department. X amount of dollars available to spend from within their athletics department. But that doesn't help the players from December through June 30th. And they're not going to say, well, I'm going to wait six, eight months or whatever before I get a check.

Starting point is 00:17:59 I mean, so you're going to have to make sure to go out and pay for that. But it does impact them as to the future. And it's still kind of undetermined because there has been a preliminary approval, but not a final approval, which really doesn't come until April. So I think one more big time year for the swarm, and then they can kind of figure out what the next step is. And it's not unique to Iowa, it's everywhere. So I think that's probably, there is some uncertainty still, but there's hopefulness that it'll all be cleared up, or a lot of it will be cleared up by July 1st.

Starting point is 00:18:31 Doc, it's a lost season. There will be no playoff. There will be no Big Ten championship game. You are what your record says you are. This is a 6-4 team. What is left to play for outside of Pride the last two weeks here against Maryland and Nebraska? You know, this is the one thing that where we separate you know from the athletes which is the athletes are the ones that get up at five in the morning and go work out and they're paying

Starting point is 00:18:58 you know in severious pain this time of year and yet they want to win you know it's all about the games i mean for fans we can you know people or media we could complain about there's nothing to play for i mean who cares if they go to the reliant quest bowl or charlotte or whatever but for those who are in it who are in the arena this is what really matters and and going to maryland matters to them and into jamari harris going up against ty felton that's a huge matchup for him. It could earn him some money. And then playing Nebraska at home.

Starting point is 00:19:32 I mean, sure, there's no playoff bid at stake, but there's a lot of pride at stake. And pride matters to those athletes. So I don't know what the fans, you know, that's up to them, how they approach the last two games. They can throw them away. They can complain, which is likely. But I think for the players themselves, there's a lot to play for, and there's a huge difference between going eight and four and six and six.

Starting point is 00:19:59 Caleb Johnson, put him in that equation that Trent just said. I mean, he's going to the league. He's a running back. He's a running back. He's a terrific player. Do you think his workload gets curtailed a little bit in the final two weeks just out of caution? I would doubt that. I think it would be more organic based on the offense

Starting point is 00:20:21 as opposed to any kind of specific reasoning. My guess, and this is without talking to him, and I haven't really been all that focused on Iowa for a little while, but is that his last game is going to be against Nebraska. I mean, he's going to go ahead and declare. He's a top 40 guy, a top 50 guy at the minimum. And so why risk yourself in a bowl game that has little bearing you know i mean if cave on merriweather can drop out of the bowl so

Starting point is 00:20:52 caleb johnson and so i might get you know go a fan did and everything so my guess is he drops out of that but i don't know the last two games i think he'll play you know pedal to the metal i think i Iowa will too. I mean, you want to beat Nebraska. I'm sure you want to beat Brian Ferretts and Maryland on the road and finish strong. And there's a lot still. And I think Caleb Johnson will want to do that too.

Starting point is 00:21:19 That angle I'm sure will be played up. Kirk against his boy, going up against Brian. Have you heard anything at all about Brian and how things have gone out there? He's just an analyst. We're not talking about an on-field coach by any means, but it's certainly not anything that's come across me. Have you heard anything, Brian, and what he's trying to do to, I don't know, repair, I guess, his image and to move up from an analyst role

Starting point is 00:21:41 into a full-time coaching role? Not a whole lot. I mean, you know, part of that is because of where Maryland sits in the standings. I mean, other than beating USC, and they're 4-6, and they have to win their last two games against Iowa and at Penn State. So those seem, you know, it seems like a tall task to win out. I mean, I think Iowa may be the better opportunity for them. So no, I haven't heard a whole lot out of that. I mean, he's as an offensive line coach,

Starting point is 00:22:12 potentially tight ends coach, he should have a market, you know, his, his image as a, as an offensive coordinator, probably struggle to rehab that. But, but I would say his ability to coach the offensive line and is, to me, you know, I would hire him yesterday if you're looking for, you know, somebody who could do that because Lord knows there's probably, you know, 15 offensive line coaches in the Big Ten and 115 around the country who are worse than Brian Perrins at that position.

Starting point is 00:22:46 Doc, let's look ahead. Indiana, a lot of folks think they're going to get crushed. This is a weekend that a lot of naysayers have had circled on their calendars that this is it. Finally, the train comes to a halt when they head to Columbus. I'm not so sure. I'm really not. Signetti has done wonders, as everybody knows, with this team.

Starting point is 00:23:06 He's the national coach of the year. I'd be shocked if he isn't. How do you see Indiana-Ohio State? I see it very close. Indiana was the best team I've seen in person this year, and that includes Ohio State and Oregon. They are terrific. Now, can the situation get big for them?

Starting point is 00:23:26 I mean, going to the Death Star is not an easy task for anybody, any team. As we know, Iowa hasn't won there since 1991, and very few teams actually go there and are victorious. I think, what, Michigan State in 15 was the last time somebody actually beat them there other than Michigan. So it's a tough place to play. And I can see the environment being a little different for anybody, let alone Indiana.

Starting point is 00:23:53 But this is a different Indiana team. They've got some players. I mean, they've got, you know, Curtis Rourke is playing as well as any quarterback in the Big Ten. In fact, he would be my number one in the Big Ten this year. They have a good defense. It's one of the best in the country. I know people will talk about their strength schedule, but I also kind of turn that and say they beat a team, you know, 56 to 7 that beat the, you know, co-leader of the Big 12 by 18 points. So this is a pretty good team, and I expect them to be very competitive unless there are turnovers

Starting point is 00:24:26 or injuries or something to that effect i think that they will compete and be in the game in the fourth quarter speaking of being in the game in the fourth quarter will the gophers as they host penn state everybody just got penn state etched in there they'll be in the playoff in some spot could we be an upset watch this weekend with min, who, short of that Rutgers game, have been playing much better since we saw them against Iowa? No question. This is one that Penn State has to be very careful of. They haven't won in Minnesota since 2010. You look at Minnesota position by position, they have a very good left tackle who can compete with Abdul Carter.ter they have uh you know one of the better receivers you haven't you don't know and daniel jackson they have a really good running back and

Starting point is 00:25:10 quarterback max rosemar has come along and played really well plus their defense is is decent so yes they went and lost at ruckers but they also beat illinois um this is a team you if you allow them to dictate tempo in that environment, it can be very challenging. And who knows what the weather holds in Minneapolis. It turns quickly. But I think that Penn State, if Penn State wins by a point, they should take it because this is just not one of those games that you say,

Starting point is 00:25:38 oh, it's just little old Minnesota. No, this could be a team that could cause you some problems. Last thing, 10 seconds. Does Nebraska get bowl eligible this week? Yes, I think they do. I think they finally – they beat them. They end their 10-game losing streak, and they've become bowl eligible. Good stuff.

Starting point is 00:25:54 Scott Dockerman for The Athletic. Doc, what have you got coming up this week? Trent and I can look forward to reading. Yeah, more bowl projections, man. That's been my Monday so far far other than this little news or news it's little not little to me or anybody else but about the quarterback and then also i wrote about oregon today doing something that no other realignment team has done before and that's run the table on their conference in their first year so that's scott dockerman from the athletic

Starting point is 00:26:21 talking some big 10 football and of course a dive into dive into Iowa football and Cade McNamara. We wrap things up. Iowa Hoops team back on the hardwood tonight. They take on Ryder. We talk about the matchup as we continue. Stay right there as we roll through. This is Locked on Hawkeyes. Look, I love a great deal as much as the next guy,

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Starting point is 00:28:30 It will not be the environment we saw in Moline Ryder comes to town Not J.R. Ryder or Isaiah Ryder What was the name change? Which way did it go? J.R. to Isaiah? I think that's what it was Regardless, he's not going to be here It's going to be the team out of Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Now a season ago, Ryder went 15-17

Starting point is 00:28:52 in the MAC, not the MAC, the Metro Athletic Conference. Not good. It's another bye game. They're decent. They're better than a couple of teams that Iowa's faced so far this season. So they got blitzed in their opener against UCLA. Lost by 35. Since then, they've gone on the road. One at San Diego, one at Coppin State, one at Navy. All road victories. One thing you'll see from this team, they're going to try to chase you off the three-point line. That's what they're going to do. Pretty good defensive team. So this is going to be a game where probably going to be an inside game. Going to have to see a lot of Owen Freeman,

Starting point is 00:29:27 like he did against Washington State. That is going to be a big component to this one. Not huge inside. They're center 6'9". They play a 6'6 power forward. So this is going to be a game, but they are a pretty good offensive rebounding team. So they're going to be crashing the boards hard. Good rebounding game. Do your thing and continue to figure out those lineups. Because the most difficult opponent that I was going to face to this point will come up on Friday against Utah State. That's a good Utah State team that they're going to see. So that is what is on tap here tonight.

Starting point is 00:29:58 Chance to see Drew Thelwell. Can he continue his emergence at the point guard position? How about Traore? Get more comfortable in there, and we'll see that lineup maybe with him at the four a little bit. Can he guard and what he can do defensively? These tune-up matches are going to be important. Can't afford, obviously, to lose one.

Starting point is 00:30:15 Iowa at FanDuel currently favored by 21 in this matchup. That'll be tonight. We'll be back with you late in the evening with a rapid reaction podcast. We will break this one down a little bit deeper and get ready for an important one coming up on Friday against Utah State. The Iowa women, it'll be a neutral court matchup. I mentioned Carver. That's not the case.

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